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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

The successful experiment made by
Lieut.. Zolinski, with his dynamite
gun, in lower New York bay, appar-
emily encourages the people OF that
city to believe that the invention is
In hand which can defend the metro.
polls from the attack vi foreign foe,
At distance Of mile the first charge
shivered down the mast of the tar
get ship" and the second send the hull
into a total wreck. The belief is that
g. stalwart ironclad in the same place
would have been reduced to helpless
ness by the same missile. Evidently
warfare by means OF dynamite artii-
lery is bound to make no small figure
in coast defenses, naval conflicts and
possibly i'll the field. In reference % the
new methods OF Wholesale slaughter
by civilized countries. General Sheri.
dams prediction IN his speech at the
Centennial banquet that arbitration
will take the place OF war in the settle.
ment ofinternational disputes. He be.
lieves that a revulsion must take
place. To a friend the General re-
marked: 1.-THE present tendency of
the armament throughout the world is
toward organized murder as a substi.
tuae for military strategy and civiliz.
ed warfare"
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New York Democratic Convention.

The New York State Democratic Conven
ton was held at Saratoga. Resolutions
in the memory OF Samuel j. Tilden. Hora-
ito Seymour. Hendricks. McClellen and
Hancock we're adopted. A resolution en-
dorsing the administration of the treasury
under Manning was also passed amid
cheers.
The Endorsement OF Gov. Hill and Prcsi-
dent Cleveland was greetedwith tremendous
applause, continued for several minutes.
though that in regard to the president was
the most tumultuous. The platform was
unanimously adopted. Frederick Cook was
renominated for secretary OF state by aeca.
nation. Edward Wcmple was rcnominated
for comptroller and Lawrence ]. Fitzgerald
for state treasurer. For attorney general.
Herbert +. Bissell presented the name OF
Charles E. Tabor. Mr.. Bulgar nominated
W. A. Poucher and Col. Fellows seconded
it. Peter Mitchell spoke on behalf 81 Tam.
many Hall in favor OF Mr.. Tabor The
roll was called, but before it's conclusion
Poucher's name was withdrawn and Mr..
Tabor was nominated unanimously John
Bogart was nominated for state engineer
and surveyor.
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VETERAN GRAND ARMY.
The Parade of Veterans at ST. Louis
Takes Place Amid a Ceaseless
DOwnpOur of Rain.
A Business Meeting Held at Which
Commander-il-Chief Fairchild
Delivers His Address.

The Grand Army OF tho Republic Assem-.
blcd at St. Louis on Tuesday 9th, In
great numbers the officers reporting at the
headquarters Of Gen. Fairchild.
John II. Cook. A. ID. C. and member OF
La Fayette post. New York, advanced
and presented the COMMUNICATIVE chief a
badge glstening wit seventy. fivediamontls
Gov. Fairchi1d made "a fitting response,
which Aid Cook, in behalf OF his Associat.
ed members OF the staff, presented an ele
CANT watch and chain to Adjt. Gen. E. b.
Gray.
Nearly all OF the state delegations have
held meetings to decide upon chuice for
'commander-inc chief, but the decisions were
held private. A tremendous rainfall pre-
vented tho proposed procession, but
n grand reception was held at
the Merchants Exchange. where a welcome
was extended by Mayor Francis. Speeches
were made by Vice. President Hannibal
Hamlin, Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Sherman and
others.
The second day 2Sth, was wetter than
the day preceding. The rain fell in tor
rents. hut the order to march was given,
and the route duly observed.
Here and there u post armed with muskets
or drum corps broke the monotony OF the
line as the column passed under the beauti.
ful stained glass transparencies of Gen.
Grant ON Fourth between Lucust and
St Charles streets. all the men
uncovered their heaes and passed
by In silence. As soon as the procession
passed there was general rush for cover
and many wanted to start for home The
illumination was an impossibility.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

Mr.. Charles Stuart, Collector OF Gus
toms at Sault Ste. Marie, reports that
COS buildings have been erected in the
town on the American side OF the
straits during the present season.
The boom, he says is owing to the en-
try OF six separate lines of railroad
into that place, and he predicts that
ere long it will be the great distribut-
ing point for that entire section OF the
Northwest, as the roads running
through it shortens the distance be-
tween the wheatgrowing regions of d.
kota and the Atlantic seaboard bv
several hundred miles. In fact, he
claims that it will soon be the Chica,
60 OF that region of country.
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THE NEW COMMANDER.

John p Rea was born Oct. 10. 1910. in Lower
oxfcrd township, Chester county, Pa His
his time there and attending school until Sep
where lie taush5 school When the war broke
Of Company 3, Eleventh. ohio infantry. He
served with this regiment four months and was
then commissioned as second lieutenant Of
Company I, First Ohio cavalry: promoted to
first lieutenant March IL. 1862, and in April Of
the following year to the rank OF captain. and
was breveted major He served in the regiment
three ye,rs and four Months, and was absent
on sick leave. After returning from the war he
entered the Wesleyan college, at Delaware. Ohio.
and ans 49, bnrh the ths sss S,a.o%
o. J. Dickey of Lancaster. Pa. as law student,
ard was admitted to the bar there in AUGUST,
ami in March. 1869. was appointed one of three
notarles public in Lancaster by Gov. Geary. bus
April II. 1869. was appointed assessor of inter-
district Of Pennsylvania. which office he held
until IL was abolished by law in 1873 In 1863
he YVES married to Miss Emma Gould of Ohio.
law in Lancaster until December. 1875. when no
removed to MINNEAPOLIS His cousin, John A.
Rea, now Of Bismarck, was at that time actively
in con1unotton with A. q. Wilcox. James L Hen
dryx and Charles F. Hendrix, Judge Rea and
John A: Rea purchased the Tribune. and the sub
In May. 1876. a controlling interest in theTrib-
nne: then morning paper, was purcE ased by
the PIONEER PRESS and converted into an even
ing paper. Judge Rea, q minority stakeholder,
continued as editor until Nav. 1877, when he
RESUMED THE PRACTICE OF LAW
and became member OF the firm Of Rea, Hooker
and became Rea, Woolley & Kltchell. and subse-
quently Rea, Ktchell & Shaw. In November,
1877. he was elected judge of probate. and
He continued his relationship. however with the
law firm with which he was connected. This
firm had probably, the largest practice of any
In the city. In April, 1886, Judge Koon re-
signed his seat on the bench of the district court
OF this district and in response to the very gen.
erai wish Of the Hennepin county bar Gov. Hub
bard appointed Judge Rea. He now adorns that
position Of honor and responsibility. Judge Rea
has always been prominent in the Grand Army
He Is a member and past commander OF George
N. Morgan post. and his voice is always heard
on any occasion where the interests Of the old
soldier are involved. He is a forcible public
speaker. infusing pathos and power into his
ut.erances. He is thorough going Republican,
and has always taken an active interest in poll
tics, but his IL not offensive partisanship and
the necessity Of excluding political matters
from the realm Of the G.. A. r Is with him car
dinal principle He has already held the posi-
ton Of senior vice commander OF the national
organization. Personally he is one Of the most
genial Of men, and he is the last man in the
world to injure anOther's feelings in any way.
The result is. he has host of friends to rejoice
over his latest and greatest honor and no enc
mics to lament the event.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

Dlnah Muloch Cralk, the author OF
"John Halifax, Gentlemen" and
many. other novels, contributes a
readable paper, concerning Man."
to the current number OF the Forum"
he believes many men are uobler
than the noblest women, but on the
average the woman is the better. He
concludes by -emarking, that "man,
made in the image OF God,' has
something godlike about him still;
something that we women are justi-
fed in admiring and adorlng, devot-
ing, nay, sacrificing ourselves to him;
as am afraid we shall do to the end
OF the chapter"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06
THE NATIONAL q. A. II:
Election Of Jadgs Rsa Of Nlaneapolis fef Con.
0sndor-ln. Chief:

Election Of Judge Rss Of Minneapolis fsf Con.
asndsr.in.Chisf:
Gen. Grosvenor Of Ohio spoke against
vandervoort's resolutions censurine the
President OF tho United States.
Mcdonnell. Of Indiana, spoke on tho
Same side. Under the operation of the
previous question. Vandervoort's amend.
ment was overwhelmingly defeated, and
the report Of the committee was adopted
by vote Of 318 to 173.
ELECTION OF COMMANDER.
The following were the nominations for
oommander-tn-ohieff for the ensuing year:
Gen. slocum. Gen. John p. Rea, Gen. T. An
thony and Cen d. p. Grier. Blocum TO-
ceived 153, Anthony Sc. Grter 40 and Rea
294 Sherman received l. and Warner of
Missouri l. Rea was declared elected. He
was escorted to the platform by the defeated
candidates. Grier and Anthony. and returned
thanks TO the enoampment as follows:
Commander-in-chtef and Comrades: I o.
TEEN 1t au honor equal to any that can possibly
come to IN American citizen to bo elected COM
n,ander Of this organization. embracing as it
does almost the entire number Of tho survivors
OF tho men who crowded four centuries of
PROCESS Into four years OF war: [Applause.] I
shall not undertake now to make q speech to
you. nut hope to see you all sometime during
the coming year. I thank You from the bottom
Of my heart, and I appreciate the honor which
you have conferred upon me. In four month
from this time / will have reached my
majority as q member of the Grand
ARMY OF tho Republic. [Applause] 1 have
loved 1t. and I have q sincere hope to preserve
It's honor and keep It true to the cardinal doc
erlnes upon which 1t Is founded, and whatever it
Is necessary to do that will be done by me. I
have only this to say-that trust that, as the
events Of this year are woven as Wool into the
warp OF time making the web of Grand Army
history. 1t will be my ambition, it will be my
purpose. as it Is my highest hope. that there
may be In that web. Conn tde Fairchild, no seam
that will at ell show where your administration
ended and mine began. [Cheers Tor Real
The rules We're suspended, and Nelson Cole
of Missouri was elected senior vice COM
mander: The junior vice commander was
John G. Ltnahan Of New Hampshire Gen
Lawrence Donahoe was elected sergeant
general Rev. Edward Anderson was elected
chaplain in chief. When the committee on
rules and regulations submitted their report
the proposition to enable q class of per-
sons to enter the order who have served in
field, but have never been mustered into the
service. was defeated. The committee on
the Logan monument reported recommend
ing that fund be provided for the erection
of an equestrian statue ut Washington, Gov
Alger subscribed $1,000, and George
g. Lemon OF New York subscribed ST. 900.
The officers OF the encampment were then
installed.
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ls: Following are some OF the clergy who

BILE: Following are some OF the clergy who
were present:
Cardinal Gibbons, Ri. Rev. J. Ireland of
St. Pau Ri. Rev. J. B. Brondel OF Monta.
ma, Bishop NJ. Marty of Dakota, Rt. Rev.
Rupert .Seidenbuch Of Northern Minneso ta.
Abbot Edelbrock OF St. Johns university,
Reverends Reardon, Chicago; Thomas Fa-
gan, Milwaukee,; James Clearly, Kenosha,
Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Ireland
were stationed in tho main parlor. sur.
rounded by the local and visiting clergy,
and there they held reception until nearl-
10 o'clock. c. D. O'Brien. p. H. Kelly un,
other members OF the committee intro.
duced the guests. All the table speeches were
made by Cardinal Gibbons. Bishon Ireland,
Judge William Louis Kelly, w. j. Onahan,
Chicago, Senator c. X. Davis. 1t. Gov. Rice,
I. V. d. Heard. John w. Willis, VIM. P.
hurry, Rev. Thomas O'Gorman, and Pres.
ident Cyrus Northrup of the State Univer.
sity. At the conclusion of Prof. Northrup's
remarks, the assemblage dispersed. the
cardinal and bishops Grace and Ireland
and visiting clergynen being escorted in
their carriages.
In person the cardinal is man of light
physique. medium height with mild blue
eyes set beneath wide forehead, His
manner is easy, his voice very pleasant and
his conversational powers indicative OF q
ripe intellect. He is fifty. three years of
age, and was twenty years q priest before
he was elevated to his present position.
The term ''cardinal' is q term given only
to individuals. and upon his elevation
Bishop James Gibbons became James Car.
dinal Gibbons, archbishop OF Baltimore.
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English Social Rank.

Bank is coveted in England, and
rich merchant or manufacturer buys
land IN order that he may rise in so.
cial dignity. \ peers wife once said to
her husband that a certain estate of
cred for sale would hardly find buy
er at the price asked for it. "Oh. NV
dear, you may be sure that the price
will be paid by some opulent shopkeep.
en-" was the peer reply. illustrating
the value attached to social dignity in
England, the Saturday Review once
said, 1t would be worth the while O,
any millionaire worth two millions,
to give one for Knowsiey or Lonsieat
or Dalkelth Palace, or Floor Castle,
with the lands attached, even if the
lands did not return one shilling per
annum on the money"
1t man is Gin trade" though he
may be worth millions o. pounds and
known tor his culture and good breed
ing, he IS regarded as the social inferior
of a man who is not"In trade" whose
income is only few thousand pounds,
who himself is neither educated nor
well-bred.
An English lady, herself descended
from a mechanic, had an interview
with governess whom she thought oil
engaging. The governess inadvertent-
~ said she had lived in family whose
head was ':In trade.'
81 am sorry" said the female snob,
"but really can't think OF engaging
one who has lived in such a family"
The head OF that family in trade
Si,s pooEa
Cunara line of steamers.
Formerly. men became n o lemen bv
force. An old baron of Norman de.
scent was one day summoned into
court, to show by what title he held
certain manor. He came before the
Judge, with his unsheathed ancient
sword. ''This is my title" said he.
my ancestors conquered England for
themselves and their children. What
their fathers took, their children mean
to keep.
The old baron bluntly told the truth.
Those who ''came over with the Con.
queror" drove out the old owners,
and established themselves by the
sword. Subsequently, kings gave rank
and fortune to favorites; prime min
listers purchased votes py pushing
into the peerage. and many titles
were bought, outright. from monarchs
who needed ready money.
Baron Stockmar, the confidential
friend and adviser OF Leopold, of Bel.
GUM, and Of Prince Albert, tells a sto.
ry which shows that this method OF
gaming social precedence has not gone
out of fashion.
A rich Englishman, an author and
member OF parliament, called upon
the baron, ore day. After little pre-
liminary conversation, he offered Bar
on Stockmar ten thousand pounds, if
he would further the NJ. Prs petition
to the Queen Tor a peeraee.
." will now go into the next room,
to give you time to leave" replied the
baron. If. upon my return, find
you here. will have you put out by
the servants"
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A salt company, composed OF all
the large salt manufacturers of the
United States, Is about to be formed.
1t will beknown as the National Salt
union, and will be the headquarters
for the salt supply OF the whole coun-
try. This looks like another combi-
nation like that Of the Goa! men and
the standard oil barons,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

Richard Dudley Baxter, the eminent
British economist and statistician
declared that the aim OF English
statesmen should be to reduce the i'm
perial debt as rapidly as possible, SO
as to be prepared for the serious con.
test for the commercial supremacy
against the United States when the
natural resources OF England should
begin to fail.
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1t Is noted that nearly all the fran
tic appeals to Governor Oglesby of
Illinois for mercy for the condemned
Anarchists, come from distant points.
Aspringfeld. ILL.,, dispatch says: "None
have come from Chicago" The mis-
takenly tender-hearted people who
beg for executive clemency "For the
sake OF God and humanity" are those
who were safe distance from the
bloody scenes in the Chicago Hay.
market a year ago last May.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

There is well-known story about
Boston and heaven that has often
been laid upon various great mems
wit, but Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
his summing up OF his foreign tour, in
the last Atlantic Monthly, compli-
ments the centre OF the old Common
wealth in a much more delicate man.
ner. He asks what better provision
can be made for a moral man than
such as our own Boston affords.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06
Tue VOLUNTEERS VICTORY,
In tho Twenty.Mile Thrash to Wind.ward volun.
teer Beats Thistle by Nearly Fifteen Minutes.


teer Beats Thistle by Nearly Fifteen Minutes.
New York Special. The Americas cup
will remain here. The race over the out
side course. which was postponed on
Thursday the 2Sth inst. because of lack
teer won by IL minutes 4SA seconds,
after allowing the Thistle six Sec
onds. The course was twenty miles to
windward and return from the Scotland
liehtship. During the race fresh, wholesale
breeze prevailed with q lumpy sea, just
the sort of weather in which cutter usu-
ally shows to the best advant-
age as compared with a center
board sloop. But in the twenty
beat the Thistle by ID min. 49H sec. These
figures are Conclusive. They tell their own
story. The condition were the same
for both boats. They simply represent
to what extent the Volunteer is supe.
rior to the Thistle in winward work in
such weather as prevail lied. The issue OF
the race was never in doubt after the boats
came about on the second tack and it was
only a question ofhow much the Volunteer
had gained By being able to lie closer to
the wind than the cutter. The actual
time consumed by the Volunteer in
completing the forty miles was hours,
~ minutes, 56& seconds, and by the This
tie hours. 81 minutes, 81 seconds.
There is cause for rejoicing in this latest
evidence that the Americans can still build
faster yachts than any other nation.
There was little excitement in London
over the result OF to-day's race, except
among Americans, who awaited with keen
interest bulletins announcing the progress
OF the yachts.
Secretary Lamar has denied tho appli.
cation of E. F. Drake and A. H. Wilder,
acting as trustees for certain holders OF
bonds secured by mortgage OF the lands
granted to the State OF Iowa to aid in the
construction OF the Sioux City & st. Paul
railroad, made against the order of July
26, 1887, throwing 26.Ol6 acres open to
settlement. These are the lands in o Brien
and other counties Of Iowa which, having
once been patented to the state and un.
earned by the road, where by direction OF
the legislature certified by the governor
back to the government, accepted by it
and thrown open as above stated The
protestants based their protests and re-
quests for revot Ation upon the theory
in effect forfeiture, which is
light resting, not with the department but
with congress, which made the grant. The
secretary holds that these lands had been
granted as indemnity, and as the road in
question had no reason for indemnity
lands that have no basis for their claim.
Tho State OF Iowa recognized that the
lands had been inadvertently patented to it,
and returned to them. They had been
conveyed to it without any authority I'M
der the granting act, and having been con-
veyed, the department could do nothing
but THROW them open to settlement. The
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

A southern paper says: Perhaps
we have too many new-fangled health
notions, anyhow. The men who are
law unto themselves in their habits
generally live to attend the funeral of
the cranks who attempted to advance
them. Nature guides nine men out OF
ten in the right direction. If the tenth
misses it, he may deserve to miss it.
There is a grain OF truth in this, heart
less as it may appear.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-06

The tremendous storm predicted by
Prot. Virgins, of Ottawa, to strike
America on the 10th OF September
did not materialize to any great ex-
tent. Virgins has made so many
failures, that he is now regarded as
worse than g. crank.
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Massachusetts Republican Convention.

The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention was held in Boston, Francis
w. Rockwell! OF Pittsfield. chairman. A
protective tariff platform vas adopted.
Mr.. Hoar il an address. renominated Oil
yer Ames for governors. The convention
unanimously nominated Ames by scclama-
ton. j. @. A. Bracket was nominated
for lieutenant governor, II. B. Pierce for
secretary OF state. Allison w. Beard for
state treasurer Charles r. Ladd for aud.
itor and A. J. Waterman was nominated
for attorney.
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RONORING A CARDINAL.
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Of Balti.
more, . Guest Of tho Catholics Of St. Paul.


His en'inence, James Cardinal Gibbons
OF baltimore arrived in the city ofSt. Paul
on Thursday the goth inst, accompanied
by his secretary, Father ChappeIle OF
Washington; Father Cleary of kenosha.
Wis; Father Cotter of Winona; Father
Reardon OF Chicago, brother OF Arch
bishop Reardon OF San Francisco; Faith.
er Pagan OF Milwaukee. and w. J.
Onaham. OF Chicago.
At the entrance to tho depot Bishop Ire.
land was in waiting with closed carriage
to convey the cardinal to the episcopal
residence whose crowds were it attendance
at the station and In the streets, Cardinal
Gibbons was on his way to Portland. Or,
where he will confer the pallium on Bishop
Gross.
In the evening. there vas q grand ban.
quet ct the Ryan Hotel in honor Of the
Cardinal. Nearly 500 sat down to tho t.
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The latest decree from the nimble
toed dancing masters of the East is
to the effect that hugging in future
will not be tolerated in the waltz. In.
der such circumstances the waltz will
hardly be tolerated, either.
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Washington's big boom has made
living so expensive that some OF the
new congressman find great difficulty
in suiting themselves with due regard
to their salary, and talk OF living in
Baltimore where board and rents are
much cheaper.
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Jake Sharp Bouud for Si.s Sipr

The judgment in the case of Jacob Sharp.
the Broadway railroad lriber. has been
unanimously affirmed by the general term OF
the New York supreme court, and unless
something extraordinary happens the
boodler will be in Sing Sing soon. The
leading opinion is written by Judge Dan.
iels. The bench is unanimous. Chief ,(us.
tice Van Brunt delivered verbally the opin.
ion OF the court as follows:
The court. alter a careful examination
OF the records presented in the case. and oi
the questions raised upon these appeals.
have unanimously come to the conclusion
that no error, prejudicial to the defendant
appears therein, and that the jury vas jus.
titled. on the evidence, in arriving at tha
result r, which they I'D. Sharp viii 20 to
Sing Sing.